One Piece: Truly Precious
Alright, here we go into the next chapter of this fic. I'm glad I got so many Favorites and Follows as well as favorable Reviews. I hope to continue living up to all of your expectations.
One thing I think I should mention. A lot of the initial battles in this story will be horribly one sided. The reason is because Luffy and his nakama have the knowledge and experience from after the two-year timeskip in the manga. Later, they will face foes that are much stronger and they will fight fairer battles.
Also, I apologize if this story seems rushed. It's just, with their memories of the past, the straw hats can skip past a lot of the pre battle stuff that only happened because of their ignorance of what was going on, and go straight to the root of the problem.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Luffy and his First Mate were sailing across the ocean in their small dinghy. Luffy had just finished off a bunch of food that the people of Shells Town had given them as a thank you for freeing them, and now they were relaxing.
"So," said Zoro, "we've come back in time to the beginning of our little adventure?"
"That's right," said Luffy with a smile.
"Heh," laughed Zoro, "It's too bad that I have to regain my old conditioning and my old swords. At least I have two eyes now."
"Don't worry," said Luffy, "this time we'll do things right and achieve our dreams."
"How will we do that?" asked Zoro, "we were vastly outnumbered last time."
"Then this time we'll gather more friends!" said Luffy, "The Marines won't be able to stop us this time."
"So you'll recruit more crewmembers this time?" asked Zoro, "I always did find it weird that we were the public enemy number one in the eyes of the world government while only having a crew of nine."
"Shishishi," laughed Luffy, "we'll be stronger this time. We have all our memories from last time."
Zoro nodded, "And that means I still know how to use Haki. I can beat you in our next fight without my swords."
The two of them shared a laugh at that as they sat back in the boat, before turning back to more serious topics.
"So we're gonna kick that fish face's ass again?" asked Zoro.
"Yeah," said Luffy, "he'll get what's coming to him. Nobody hurts our nakama and gets away with it."
"That's what I like to hear," said Zoro.
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Meanwhile, a orange haired girl wearing a striped blouse was sitting in a small boat with a smirk on her face as she sailed away from a smaller boat with three men in it.
"Suckers," said the woman, "as she sailed away. Thanks for the ship."
This was Nami. In another life, she was dubbed 'Cat Burglar Nami' and served as the Navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Now," said Nami, "to find their boss and take his map of the Grand Line."
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Back with Luffy and Zoro, the two of them were facing a bit of a problem of their own. Luffy was hungry and they were out of food.
"HUUUUNGRY!" groaned Luffy.
"Damnit Luffy," said Zoro, "you had to eat all the food!"
"I need meat!" groaned Luffy.
Suddenly, the rubber captain perked up at a bird flying high above them, "That bird! That will be lunch!"
"Wait Luffy!" yelled Zoro, feeling a dangerous sense of Déjà vu.
"Gum Gum Rocket!" yelled Luffy as he stretched his arms toward the bird and shot himself out at the bird. Unfortunately the bird was rather large and grabbed the rubber captain with it's talons before flying away.
"Damnit Luffy!" yelled Zoro as he rowed after his captain as fast as he could, "Not again!"
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While Luffy's first mate pursued his captain, a certain orange haired thief also found herself in some trouble.
"GET BACK HERE!"
Nami had stolen a valuable map from the pirates occupying a small town. Unfortunately, the pirates had caught her in the act and now were chasing her through the streets of the town.
"Sorry boys," said Nami, "but the map is mine now."
Suddenly there was the explosion of cannon fire and a figure fell from the sky and landed in front of Nami, creating a small crater.
'What the hell was that?' thought Nami as she glanced at the crater.
"Alright!" said Luffy as he climbed out of the crater, "I finally got down!"
"Luffy?" said Nami in disbelief, "What's going on? Where are we?"
"Oh, Nami," said Luffy with a grin, "it's good to see you again. I'll explain everything later."
"Looks like this guy's with her!" said one of the pirates.
"Run!" said Nami.
The two of them dashed off as the pirates chased them through the streets. After some time, the two of them managed to head off the pirates and regrouped at the docks.
"So what's going on here?" asked Nami, "Last I remember was facing down the marines at Raftel."
"Well," began Luffy.
"Oi Luffy!" yelled a familiar voice.
Turning, Luffy and Nami saw a tired and grumpy Zoro walking up, dragging three beaten up and unconscious pirates that were soaking wet.
"It was understandable the first time you were caught by the bird, but to do so when you know that it would end badly is just stupid!" grumbled Zoro.
"So you remember too Zoro?" asked Nami.
"Yeah," said Luffy, "I made a deal with the One Piece, a magic talking crystal and we all came back to the beginning of our journey so we can do things right."
"That's…a lot to take in," said Nami.
"It is," said Zoro, "but it's a good opportunity."
"Right," said Luffy in a rare serious moment, "and after we deal with Big Nose, we're going to Cocoyasi Village to deal with Arlong's crew. That's a promise."
Nami shed tears of joy at the thought that her home would be finally free, "Thank you, Luffy."
"Don't worry about it," said Luffy, "you're my nakama."
"First things first," said Zoro, "we deal with the circus in town and the clown in charge."
"Then let's do this," said Nami as she got out her staff and assembled it, "its time for the circus to leave town."
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In a fortified part of the city, a pirate captain, dressed like a clown down to the big red nose, was relaxing and partying with his crew, some of whom were also dressed in circus attire. This was the pirate crew of feared criminal, Buggy the Clown.
"So," said Buggy as he faced down one of the members of his crew, "let me get this straight. A teenage girl tricks you and manages to steal my map of the grand line, and you haven't caught her yet?"
"Captain Buggy," pleaded the pirate, "we have pirates scouring the streets for her, but she's a slippery thief and she could be in the cove."
"What was that?" growled Buggy, "Did you make fun of my NOSE?"
Apparently, Buggy had not the best hearing.
"No, Captain Buggy!" protested the pirate, "I was just saying the cove is big!"
"You're saying my NOSE is BIG?!" roared Buggy as he raised his hand with knives in his fist.
Before the pirate could protest, Buggy's hand detached from his wrist and impaled the pirate with the knives. Pulling his hand back, he sheathed the knives and turned away from the corpse.
"Now, let's continue this flashily!" yelled Buggy, getting a cheer from his crew.
Suddenly the gates to their makeshift fort were destroyed. One was slashed apart while the other was reduced to splinters with a powerful punch.
"What is this?" growled Buggy.
"Yo," said Luffy as he dusted the sawdust from his fist and walked forward with Zoro and Nami, "we're looking for the clown with the big nose."
The pirates all froze in shock and horror at the comment of this brazen newcomer that had just called out their captain in the worst possible way.
"What was that?" growled Buggy, "What was that about my nose?"
"Yeah, I mean it's huge," said Luffy.
"Seriously, were you even trying to look scary?" mocked Zoro, "I thought pirates were supposed to be intimidating?"
"Yeah," added Nami, "you're a joke, unless you think that a pirate clown will scare people."
"BUGGY PIRATES!" yelled Buggy, "FLASHILY KILL THESE UPSTARTS FOR THEIR GALL!"
With a roar, the Buggy Pirates charged at the Straw Hats, determined to carry out their captain's orders.
Zoro stepped forward and got into a stance with his three swords.
"Santoryu: TastuMaki!" yelled Zoro as he spun with his three swords, creating a twister of blades that sent the pirates flying with slashes covering their bodies.
It didn't take the First Mate of the Straw Hat pirates long to deal with the weaklings of Buggy's crew and he sheathed his blades as he walked back to his captain's side.
"We have a message," said Zoro, "the Circus is leaving town, TODAY."
"You think you three can force us out?" sneered Buggy, "Mohji, Cabaji, kill these three."
A pirate riding a unicycle and one riding a large lion approached the Straw Hats.
"You upstarts will regret facing the Buggy Pirates," said the unicycle rider, "I am Cabaji the Acrobat."
"And I'm Beast Tamer Mohji," said the one on the Lion, "Captain Buggy has ordered your deaths."
"So we'll take you out, as our captain orders," said Cabaji.
"I'll take the acrobat," said Zoro, "you take the freak on the lion, Nami."
"I think I can handle that," said Nami as she readied her staff.
"Shishishi," laughed Luffy, "this will be quick."
"ATTACK!" yelled Buggy.
"Go Richie!" yelled Mohji, causing his lion to charge at Nami.
The Navigator just smirked, having faced down much stronger enemies in the New World and the Grand Line and swung her Bo staff, slamming it into the Lion's head, before jabbing the tip into the Beast Master's gut. Both beast and master fell to the ground groaning in pain, before they were knocked unconscious by a particularly hard smack from Nami's weapon.
"That was easy," said Nami.
Meanwhile Zoro was idly blocking every attack that Cabaji threw at him without breaking a sweat. First the acrobat tried to blast Zoro with fire, but he simply channeled Haki into his blades and literally cut through the fire. Cabaji then tried throwing a barrage of exploding tops at Zoro, but the swordsman cut through them with his swords, causing them to explode harmlessly around him.
"This is getting boring," said Zoro as he got into a stance with his back faced toward the Acrobat.
"You dare turn your back on me?" smirked Cabaji as he rushed forward with a sword in one hand and daggers in the other.
"This will end in one move," said Zoro, "Rengoku…"
When Cabaji was inches away, Zoro spun around and slashed his swords across his chest, "Oni Giri!"
Zoro's swords shattered the Acrobat's blades as if they were made of sugar glass and left a giant slash across his chest, causing an X shaped spray of blood. Zoro walked back to Luffy's side.
"You bastards," growled Buggy, "you steal from me, you thrash my crew, and you take out my top commanders. I will make you pay for this!"
"I'll take you on," said Luffy with a smirk.
"We'll see," said Buggy, "Chop Chop Buzzsaw!"
Buggy made knives come out of his shoes and detached his upper half, sending the lower half of his body spinning toward Luffy while the upper half remained floating in the air.
Luffy simply smirked as the attack came at him and channeled Haki to his leg, "Buso Koka: Gum Gum Stamp!"
Luffy's leg turned black and shiny and he kicked it out, slamming it into Buggy's spinning lower half, sending it flying into a building. Luckly for the pirate clown, his lower half soon came back to him, albeit bruised and sore.
"Say goodbye, Big Nose!" said Luffy as he ran forward with his arms stretching back behind him, "Gum Gum Bazooka!"
Luffy slammed his hands into Buggy's body so hard that he was not only sent flying, but he lost control of his powers and his body split apart as he was flying away, guaranteeing that it would take the clown pirate a long time to put himself back together again.
Luffy grinned as he turned to face the rest of the pirates, "Anyone care to run?"
Once again, I apologize for the short battle scenes. I just feel that they wouldn't bother with all the filler that leads up to the battle and besides, they are a lot stronger than all the foes they faced in the east blue saga.